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deputation of the leading agricultui’al and breed societies, who 
attended before the Railway Managers on May 11, for the purpose 
of urging a reconsideration of the matter and the restoration of the 
arrangement heretofore in force. The Council are glad to announce 
that the Railway Managers acceded to the request of the deputation, 
and that therefore men bond fide in charge of live stock (including 
horses) travelling to and from agricultural shows will be conveyed 
free as before. 
17 . The Council have already reported the receipt of invitations 
from the authorities of Cambridge and St. Albans for the holding of 
the Society’s Country Meeting of 1894. Both places sent influential 
deputations in support of their respective claims on February 1, 1893, 
when the choice of the place of Country Meeting for next year came 
up for Anal decision. After duly considering the arguments 
advanced by both deputations and the Report of the Committee of 
Inspection appointed to examine the sites and other accommoda- 
tion offered by each locality, the Council determined in favour of 
Cambridge, where the Country Meeting of 1894 will accordingly be 
held. 
18 . In connection with the Cambridge Meeting of 1894, the 
Council have resolved to offer for competition prizes for explosive 
oil engines in two classes as follows : — 
First Second 
Prize Prize 
Class 1. — Fixed engines of 4 to 8 brake horse-power. 50 /. 251. 
Class 2. — Portable engines of 9 to 1G brake horse- 
power 50/. 25/. 
The last date for receiving entries for these prizes will be on 
Saturday, March 31, 1894, which is also the date for the closing of 
the ordinary Implement entries. Prizes of 51., 51., and 21. will also 
be offered at this Meeting, for butter (in packages not less than 
14 lb. and under 40 lb. in weight) to be delivered on or before 
February 1, 1894. 
19 . According to the scheme of rotation of districts as revised 
in 1892, the Country Meeting of 1895 would, under ordinary 
circumstances, have been held at Birmingham. In view, however, 
of the fact that the Meeting of 1892 was held at Warwick, it has 
been considered advisable by the local authorities to postpone an 
invitation to the Society until a longer interval has elapsed. The 
Country Meeting of 1895 will therefore be held at some town in 
the next district in the rotation, viz. District B, comprising the 
counties of Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and West- 
moreland. 
20 . The Council have appointed Mr. Frank W. Garnett, 
M.R.C.Y.S., of Windermere, as Provincial Veterinary Surgeon of 
the Society for the county of Westmoreland. The Examiners on 
the Diseases of Animals of the Farm other than the Horse, in the 
examinations for the diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary 
